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Diego Baugh: Stanford Senior Shares Thoughts on Program Cut & Advice for Coaches

November 12, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 38

#038 - Diego Baugh is a Senior on the Stanford Men’s Rowing Team and alumn of Saugatuck Rowing Club.

In this episode, we talked about:

How Diego got into rowing [4:13]
What Diego brought up that has never been brought up before on the Rowing in Color podcast [9:50]
Times he witnessed racism in rowing [13:07]
How have coaches addressed instances of racism in general? [16:0 3]
Thoughts on recruiting and inclusion [23:30]
His reaction to the Stanford program being cut [25:30]
Advice for a coach who wants to recruit an athlete of color [32:07]
A success story! [38:06]

… and much more.

To get in touch with Diego, please reach him on Instagram @diegobaugh or diego.r.baugh@gmail.com

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